{"id":181088,"date":"2024-05-10T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/10\/transport-minister-drags-law-platform-editor-to-court-over-defamation\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T20:00:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T20:00:19","slug":"transport-minister-drags-law-platform-editor-to-court-over-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/10\/transport-minister-drags-law-platform-editor-to-court-over-defamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Transport Minister drags Law Platform Editor to court over defamation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has taken legal action against Jonathan Owusu Asare, the Lead Editor of the Law Platform, following a defamatory publication.<\/p>\n<p>Owusu Asare, in an online article dated May 7, 2024, alleged that the Transport Minister and his wife were dragged to court for purportedly engaging in \u2018land grabbing\u2019 with the assistance of state security personnel.<\/p>\n<p>The publication further stated, \u201cThe Minister for transport and his wife Mrs Wilhemina Asiamah are due for court on Thursday, the 9th of May, 2024 for unlawfully entering and trespassing on land located at the prime and much sought after Tse Addo residential enclave\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Plaintiff stated that the Defendant portrayed him as a criminal who abuses his office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Plaintiff says that the said publication of the Defendant on his website, The Law Platform, is defamatory of the Plaintiff\u2019s hard earned reputation as a public servant with several years of service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Plaintiff avers that in terms of the comments made by the Defendant, pleaded in Paragraph 7 above, the Defendant meant and was understood to mean that the Plaintiff is a criminal, taking forcefully what does not belong to him and the abusing his office as a public officer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah is seeking compensatory damages, and a retraction and publication of an apology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn order directed at the Defendant to retract the said defamatory statement made about the Plaintiff and published on The Law Platform online portal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn order directed at the Defendant to publish an apology to the Plaintiff in the following manner; i. By making three (3) publications of the apology on The Law Platform online portal ii. By making one publication in a national daily newspaper\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click HERE to read the full suit of Mr. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah vrs Jonathan Owusu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has taken legal action against Jonathan Owusu Asare, the Lead Editor of the Law Platform, following a defamatory publication. 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